Manchester cops: Mom left daughter's body in filthy home

8:53 AM,
Jul. 10, 2013

Janet D. WIlson (left) is shown with Ocean County deputy public defender Dawn Nee during her initial appearance in State Superior Court in Toms River Monday afternoon. She is charged with aggrivated manslaughter, desecreating human remains and neglect of a disabled adult in connection with the death of her daughter Rebecca Wilson. TOMS RIVER, NJ 7/8/13 WILSON08708A WITH VIDEO ASBURY PARK PRESS PHOTO BY THOMAS P. COSTELLO

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Brett Bodner and Amanda Oglesby
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Rebecca Wilson's lifeless body was decaying for weeks, surrounded by trash in a filthy Fox Street mobile home, before police came to investigate a report of a foul odor and flies on May 30.

"We know right away" what those phone calls mean, said Police Chief Brian Klimakowski, who said his officers regularly encounter the decomposing bodies of elderly residents that go undiscovered for periods of time.

But Rebecca Wilson's case was different. The 32-year-old disabled woman depended on a wheelchair and the care of her mother, Janet Wilson, authorities said. ...